Jennifer 8. Lee
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| Jennifer 8. Lee | ||
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| Born | 1976 New York City |
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| Occupation | Journalist | |
| Ethnicity | American | |
| Notable credit(s) | The New York Times | |
Jennifer 8. Lee (Chinese name: traditional Chinese: 李競; simplified Chinese: 李竞; pinyin: Lǐ Jìng) (born 1976) is an American journalist. She writes for the Metro section of The New York Times.[1]
Lee was born in New York City to a Chinese-American family. She graduated from Hunter College High School and Harvard College (class of 1999). She interned at The Washington Post, The Wall Street Journal, The Boston Globe, Newsday and The New York Times while working on her applied mathematics and economics degree and writing for The Harvard Crimson. She joined the Times in 2001, one and a half years after graduating from Harvard.
Lee was not given a middle name at birth and chose her own middle name later.[2][3] She chose "8" as a teenager because of the prevalence of her first name.[4] It was in her teen years that she also began a life-long obsession with food. For many Chinese, the number eight symbolizes prosperity and good luck.
Lee wrote a book about the history of Chinese food in the United States and around the world, titled The Fortune Cookie Chronicles, documenting the process on her blog. Warner Books editor Jonathan Karp struck a deal with Lee to write a book about "how Chinese food is more all-American than apple pie."[1]
[edit] Footnotes
- ^ a b "Jennifer 8. Lee Attracts Americans with Chinese Food", October 13 2008. Source: Xinhua/Translated by womenofchina.cn
- ^ Horn, Jim. "Lucky Number 8". The New York Times. http://wordplay.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/11/22/fortune/. Retrieved on 2009-01-02.
- ^ Lee, Jennifer 8. "Someone added my Chinese name to my Wikipedia entry in simplified :( form" The Fortune Cookie Chronicles. March 17, 2008.
- ^ Lee, Jennifer 8. "Yes, 8 is my middle name." Boston Globe. August 8, 1996. Page E1.
[edit] External links
- New York Times archive of Lee's articles
- The Fortune Cookie Chronicles - Jennifer 8. Lee's book blog
- Ask a Reporter: Jennifer 8. Lee
- Nu Shortcuts in School R 2 Much 4 Teachers an article by Jennifer 8. Lee
- TED Talks: Jennifer 8. Lee hunts for General Tso at TED in 2008
- Lee, Jennifer 8. "In Chinatowns, All Sojourners Can Feel Hua". New York Times pp. B29, B37. (January 27, 2006). Hua means Chinese. Huabu means Chinatown. Huaqiao means Chinese sojourners (overseas Chinese). Lee celebrates the Chinatowns in her hometown, New York City.
- Nugent, Katherine. "New York Times Reporter Tells Students to Ask the Right Questions.", Medill School of Jourmalism. (November 22, 2005)
